# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chosei-funahara
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:29:08.602Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chosei-funahara"
name: "Chosei Funahara"
slug: "chosei-funahara"
description: "Osao Chosei Funahara is a musician and film director and producer. Born in Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan, Chosei Funahara was educated in both the United States and Japan. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Nihon University College of Art's Cinema department in Tokyo. While pursuing New York University's NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science, he performed as bassist and founding member of the cult punk rock group the Plasmatics."
tagline: "Japanese musician and film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chosei_Funahara_-_Plasmatics_1979%2C_promo_shot_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1953-12-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.29
  momentum:             3.259163880606005
  historical:           6.162241333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0298567/"
    handle:    "nm0298567"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2068772"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "تشوسى فوناهارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chosei_Funahara"
    title: "Chosei Funahara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "چوسی فوناهارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%88%B9%E5%8E%9F%E9%95%B7%E7%94%9F"
    title: "船原長生"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chosei_Funahara"
    title: "Chosei Funahara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5105330"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1109790"
    title: "Chosei Funahara"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump